Podcasts about Companies House

Making Tax Digital represents HMRC's ambitious plan to bring tax reporting into the digital age. Consequently, we're facing significant changes that will affect thousands of self-employed individuals and landlords across the UK. Moreover, these changes are no longer a distant possibility but a concrete reality with confirmed implementation dates. The MTD Timeline: When Changes Take EffectOriginally, MTD was scheduled for April 2024. However, the government revised the timetable in December 2022. Subsequently, we now have a phased rollout approach that gives businesses more time to prepare.Specifically, the implementation follows this timeline: April 6, 2026: Businesses earning over £50,000 annually from self-employment or property letting must comply April 6, 2027: The threshold drops to £30,000-£50,000 April 6, 2028: Finally, those earning £20,000-£30,000 must join the schemeHow MTD Changes Your Tax ReportingPreviously, most self-employed individuals filed one annual tax return. Conversely, MTD requires quarterly updates throughout the year. Accordingly, you'll submit information four times annually, followed by a final year-end declaration.Additionally, paper records become obsolete under these new rules. Instead, you must use MTD-compatible software to record all income and expenses digitally. Eventually, traditional self-assessment returns will disappear entirely, replaced by this quarterly system. Should You Incorporate to Avoid MTD?Currently, limited companies don't fall under MTD requirements for corporation tax. Therefore, some business owners consider incorporating to delay compliance. However, we strongly advise against making decisions purely for tax reasons.Historically, incorporation provided significant tax savings. Nevertheless, these benefits have diminished over recent years. Generally, the tipping point for incorporation sits around £25,000 annual profit. Below this threshold, the tax advantages often prove marginal.Furthermore, becoming a limited company brings additional responsibilities: Companies House registration and annual filings Payroll system operation Both personal and corporate tax obligations Higher accounting fees Stricter penalty regimesAdministrative Impact and CostsUndoubtedly, MTD increases administrative burdens for self-employed individuals. Quarterly reporting means more frequent deadlines and ongoing software costs. However, embracing digital accounting tools can streamline this process significantly.Alternatively, limited companies face different administrative challenges. Specifically, they must manage payroll obligations, national insurance contributions, and potentially VAT compliance. Additionally, the rules around mixed personal and business expenses change when you incorporate. Making the Right Decision for Your BusinessObviously, there's no one-size-fits-all solution to this challenge. Rather, your decision should align with your business goals and circumstances. Particularly important is considering your long-term strategy, not just immediate tax implications.Certainly, professional advice proves invaluable when navigating these choices. Whether you choose to remain self-employed or...

The UK's company formation process is fast, easy and cheap. The net result of being open to almost any business is that up to half the companies on the UK's Companies House register may have no legitimate purpose. Instead, those companies are used by fraudsters as a vital tool in scams and money laundering schemes. Many are set up using fake identities and addresses. Often, they break the reporting rules and never file accounts. And Companies House has become a honeypot for organised crime groups from around the world.In the latest episode of the Unseen Money podcast, Timur Yunusov and I are joined by dark money expert Graham Barrow, who has exposed some of the worst failings of the UK's company formation regime.Belatedly, the UK government is acting to address those failings. But will new legislation go far and fast enough? Listen to the podcast to find out.

#215As a remote investor in UK property, you can't easily visit the UK.So you have to depend on UK-based partners for everything.When things go wrong, fixing them from afar is way more challenging than for local investors.So we've assembled some of the finest minds in UK property for perhaps the most important topic in property:Rod Turner Akhil Patel Alicia Barlow Julian Maurice Damian Hughes Michael Cheek Rob Dix Jim Pittman Richard Brown Adam Lawrence Sean the Property Tax Accountant Dean PropSourcer Stuart Ball Dan PatientManaging Risk Part 1 & Part 2We discuss:The connection between trust and riskCharles H. Green's Trust EquationCredibility / Reliability / Intimacy / Self-orientation (negative virtue)Recap of 300K lost in a joint venture dealMeeting in personIncremental relationship building Pitfalls of ReviewsIssues with online review sites such as Trustpilot:Trust But Verify: Due Diligence Reducing Risk / Testing TrustworthinessEarly Detection of Poor PartnershipsParallel Partners to Maintain LeverageCrumb MethodDue Diligence: on Companies HouseProperty SourcersI'd Like Help With Setting My GoalsLeave a reviewJoin our WhatsApp  group / access  37 Question Due Diligence Checklist / 23 Step Guide to Buying Property at Auction InstagramKeywords: expat property investment, UK property, remote investing, trust, risk management, due diligence, power team, property sourcer, letting agents, property management,  joint venture property,  self-orientation, verification, Companies House,  mortgage broker, property mentor, trustpilot reviews, property scams, compliance checks

Digi-Tools in Accrual World - The place for accounting tech news! In this episode of the Digi-Tools in Accrual World Podcast by Digital Disruptors, we discuss the nuanced landscape of CEO salaries, with a special focus on gender biases and the contrast between different markets.  We take a closer look at MHA's IPO, exploring their growth strategies and valuation concerns. Regulatory issues are also a key topic, with Revolut facing a significant fine for anti-money laundering violations.  Additionally, we delve into the evolving role of technology, sector specialisation in accountancy, and the impact of AI on the profession.  Our episode is sponsored by Advancetrack, and we're excited to share insights on how MTD public beta testing, voluntary ID checks for directors by Companies House, and news from XLedger are shaping the future of accounting. 0:00 Coming Up 1:10 Intro 03:05 App News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 03:10 MTD public beta goes live, Excel (not) dead, One Login security woes 05:51 Companies House rolls out identity verification 10:35 Xero's $25m CEO pay package under scrutiny 16:07 MHA confirms float date and £269m valuation 22:51 UK tech start-up vows to ‘do to Sage what Netflix did to Blockbuster' 26:22 Revolut fined €3.5M over money laundering failings 30:02 Showcase your sector expertise with the right finance tech: Xledger 37:17 Don't forget to leave a like or rating! Join our newsletter: https://digitoolsinaccrualworld.substack.com

Hello, and welcome to episode 152 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I'm Chris Kirkbride. This week's episode covers a range of topics, including sanctions, money laundering, fraud, bribery, corruption, market abuse, and cybercrime. Highlights include new sanctions imposed by the US and China, updates on anti-money laundering reforms in Switzerland, and significant fraud investigations in the EU and US. The episode also discusses the UK's first conviction for breaching Russia-related sanctions, Nigeria's potential exit from the FATF grey list, and the increasing threats posed by AI-powered cyber-attacks. Additionally, it features insights into the use of emerging technologies in combating corruption and the challenges faced by Companies House in enforcing economic crime penalties.A transcript of this podcast, with links to the stories, will be available by Monday at www.crimes.financial.

The number of UK buy-to-let property companies listed at Companies House has soared to record levels since George Osbourne introduced his ‘Section 24’ tax bombshell on landlords. If you are stuck in the Section 24 tax trap contact me at charles@charleskelly.net to arrange a free consultation with a property tax specialist. There are now over 400,000 limited property companies registered, more than any other businesses and four times as many as fast food firms. Since 2016 there has been a fourfold rise in incorporated buy-to-let businesses, much of which is due to George Osbourne’s ‘Section 24’ tax hike on landlords. The change in the law meant that buy-to-let landlords with properties held in their own names could no longer offset mortgage interest against their rent (pre-profit gross income). Almost 700,000 properties are now held in limited companies, rather than in individual names, which has become the standard method used to buy investment property in the UK. Watch full video version - https://youtu.be/tdcdZDdu7qY Section 24 Property Landlord Tax Hike Interview with Chartered Accountant and property tax specialist who reveals options and solutions to move your properties from your own name into a limited company or LLP whilst mitigating the potential HMRC pitfalls. Email charles@charleskelly.net for a free consultation on how to deal with Section 24. Watch video now: https://youtu.be/aMuGs_ek17s #section24 #TaxSavingTips #FinanceTips #UKTaxes #WealthBuilding #MoneyManagement #PensionPlanning #TaxFreeSavings #CharlesKellyMoneyTips # #property #propertycompany #investmentproperty #buytoletlandlord

In this episode of the Scottish Property Podcast, Steven and Nick sit down with legal expert Lindsey Devine from NM Legal to discuss the legal risks and best practices when it comes to private money lending in property. With more investors turning to private finance to scale their portfolios, it's crucial to understand how to protect your investment and avoid costly mistakes.Episode Highlights:Due Diligence Before LendingWhy investors turn to private finance instead of traditional lenders.The risks involved and common mistakes to avoid.Why private investors need independent legal advice.Legal Protections & Security MeasuresHow to properly assess a borrower before handing over your money.Key checks: credit history, Companies House records, and social media red flags.The importance of a solid loan agreement and what it should include.Exits & Worst-Case ScenariosStandard security vs. floating charges – what's the best option?The role of personal guarantees and how they impact investors.What happens if the borrower can't repay?Lending in PropertyHow to enforce security and recover funds legally.Red flags to watch for to avoid “robbing Peter to pay Paul” schemes.Private money lending can be a powerful tool for property investors, but it's not without risks. This episode provides invaluable insights on how to protect yourself and ensure your investment is secure. Whether you're lending or borrowing, understanding the legal aspects is key to success.----------------------------------------------------------Prime Property Auctions – Sell your property with no upfront costs and control the reserve price. Prime Property Auction: www.instagram.com/primepropertyauctions/John: www.instagram.com/john_property_auctioneer/Luis: www.instagram.com/luis_property_auctioneer/Visit Prime Property Auction website: https://primepropertyauctions.co.uk/------------------------------------Follow us on all of our social media accounts: https://linktr.ee/scottishpropertypodcast**DISCLAIMER**Please do your own due diligence on any of our guests you may decide to do business with. We interview in good faith. However, we cannot be held responsible for any credibility issues that may arise.

The UK prides itself in being open for innovative tech firms—and companies in general—to set up business. It takes only £12—and 15-20 minutes—to create a new company online.But the laxity of the country's system for new company formations has made the UK a goldmine for scammers. And the problem is getting worse: fraud, much of it digital, now accounts for over 40 per cent of all recorded crime in England and WalesIn the latest episode of Unseen Money, Timur Yunusov and I discuss a recent Financial Times article about a London-based fraud victim, Livia Giuggioli Firth, who was conned by scammers into sending £325k from her company's bank account. Instead of asking for compensation from her own bank for being a victim of an authorised push payment fraud, Ms. Giuggioli Firth took the unusual step of suing the scammers' bank in court. This forced the disclosure of the names if not of the individual scammers, but of the network of companies they used to launder the stolen money.The court case unveiled some of the principal weaknesses in the UK's system for deterring and catching fraudsters.In the podcast, we discuss:Why the UK is a heaven for digital fraudstersWhy Companies House is still making it easy for criminalsHow the fintech and AI booms have fuelled scamsWho's responsible in the UK for fighting scammers?How criminals second-guess anti-fraud systems and the need for ongoing due diligenceThe role of cryptocurrency in laundering stolen moneyShould Zuckerberg and Musk reimburse digital fraud victims?Why AI-enabled scams are certain to become more dangerousWant to join Timur and me on a future episode of Unseen Money to talk about how scammers use Companies House registrations to aid their crimes? Drop me a line at paul@newmoneyreview.com.

In this no-holds-barred episode of the Stay Hungry Podcast, Joel Stone exposes one of the biggest scams in online business today, the rise of the so-called “CEO” with no real business. From rented Lamborghinis to fake revenue claims, these self-proclaimed gurus are everywhere, selling hype instead of results.Joel breaks down how to spot the frauds, avoid the BS, and find real mentors, coaches, and business allies who actually know what they're talking about. If you're serious about growth, this episode will save you time, money, and a whole lot of frustration.Key moments:

The rollercoaster story of the battle in the US (the world's biggest global financial secrecy offender) over the implementation of a beneficial ownership register, the attempts to stop it and the (many) lessons learned from the UK's registers. The US's Corporate Transparency Act seemed to be on track. Until it wasn't... "Everything is bigger in Texas, that's what they like to say! And as we've learned, even court orders are bigger in Texas." Meanwhile, we take a look at UK company registration progress, since the days when "you could just set up a company for 12 pounds and say you were Mickey Mouse with a shareholder Donald Duck and no one asked any questions." (Spoiler alert: there's still a long way to go) Guests include: Zorka Milin and Ian Gary of the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition, Cynthia O'Murchu Financial Times Investigative Reporter, Graham Barrow, financial crime sleuth and podcaster, the Dark Money Files, campaigner and author Oliver Bullough Hosted and produced by Naomi Fowler, co-produced by Leo Schick. Transcript of this episode: https://podcasts.taxjustice.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Transcript_Feb_25.pdf  Further reading:  What is beneficial ownership? https://taxjustice.net/faq/what-is-beneficial-ownership/ How to fix beneficial ownership frameworks, so they actually work https://taxjustice.net/2023/12/20/new-report-on-how-to-fix-beneficial-ownership-frameworks-so-they-actually-work/  Ownership Transparency https://thefactcoalition.org/issues/ownership-transparency/ Beneficial ownership registration around the world, 2022: https://taxjustice.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/State-of-Play-of-Beneficial-Ownership-2022-Tax-Justice-Network.pdf  US Judge Lifts Last Beneficial Ownership Roadblock https://lnkd.in/gNYN6nrg  Biden's DOJ just asked the Supreme Court to do a huge favor for Donald Trump https://www.vox.com/scotus/393540/supreme-court-garland-texas-top-cop-shop-nationwide-injunction  Supreme Court Allows Enforcement of Major Anti-Corruption Law to Resume, FACT Coalition: https://thefactcoalition.org/supreme-court-allows-enforcement-of-major-anti-corruption-law-to-resume/ US company database remains on hold, despite Supreme Court decision https://www.icij.org/investigations/fincen-files/us-company-database-remains-on-hold-despite-supreme-court-decision/  Supreme Mess: The Beneficial Ownership Interest Reporting Controversy Lands At The U.S. Supreme Court https://www.forbes.com/sites/jayadkisson/2025/01/15/supreme-mess-the-beneficial-owne[…]interest-reporting-controversy-lands-at-the-us-supreme-court/ The Corporate Transparency Act is Constitutional, Government and “Friend of the Court” Briefs Make Clear https://thefactcoalition.org/the-corporate-transparency-act-is-constitutional/ How overseas territories are being used to bypass UK transparency rules https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/how-overseas-territories-are-being-used-to-bypass-uk-transparency-rules/ Owners of 53,000 properties still unknown https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/owners-of-53000-properties-still-unknown/5115054.article Who paid £139 million for a Regent's Park mansion? Nobody knows. https://www.the-londoner.co.uk/the-regents-park-mansion-mystery/ How Do Judges Become Judges? Here Are Five Main Ways (US) https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/how-judges-become-judges/     

In this episode of Digi Tools in Accrual World we discuss the evolving skills required in today's AI-driven environment, focusing on the importance of retaining human advisory roles amidst technological disruption.   We hear from more of the though leaders at the Finance Takes the Piste event - including though from Alastair Barlow, Krissy Chapleo, Gavin Spencer, Sam Jennings and Antoaneta Pop.   We also have key updates and leadership changes in App News from leading accounting tech firms like Ignition, WorkflowMax, and Dext, and take a deeper look into the innovations in ESG reporting by Xledger.   00:00 Coming Up... 01:09 Welcome!   App News ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 05:02 Ignition appoint new CEO & CFO 08:15 Workflow Max Releases 11:03 Aslan gets $5m seed investment 14:31 Companies House agent filing system launches 18:34 Intuit launches QBO & Mailchimp interface 21:32 Dext integrates with Zoho 22:29 Brieff launches AI notetaker   26:39 ESG Reporting - Xledger   34:16 John's Hazy Ski Trip Memories 35:13 Finance Takes the Piste - Pt 2 - The skills the profession needs next 43:26 Rate and subscribe!

The beginning of February marks the end of the self assessment season so Richard Hattersley starts the podcast sharing how accountants on AccountingWEB coped on deadline day. The team speaks about the 1.1m who missed the deadline and what's next for accountants now that another self assessment is over. Tom Herbert details the Companies House agent filing system, requiring firms filing for clients to register on a new system. He looks at the rollout timeline, its impact on accountants and whether it will have the desired effect. To wrap up the podcast, Matthew Ord explores the journey to the boardroom and how CFOs rise through the ranks. The team discusses the evolving role of CFOs, who now have to oversee all aspects of operation

It's the festive season, so we're leaving you a little something in your podcast stocking.We are diving into The Laundry archives and bringing you some of our favourite episodes of the podcast to date.This week: our expert host, Marit Rødevand, is joined by, Graham Barrow, co-presenter of The Dark Money Files podcast, to discuss: how the ridiculous UK business register fuels financial crime. The pair discuss: the criminals exploiting the system, the countries affected, and the measures being taken to address the vulnerabilities of the Companies House system.____________________________________The Laundry podcast: Dive deep into the intricacies of financial crime, AML (anti-money laundering), compliance, sanctions, and the ever-evolving landscape of financial regulation.Hosted by Marit Rødevand, Fredrik Riiser, and Robin Lycka – this podcast features renowned experts from banking, fintech, compliance, and investigative journalism.Together, they shed light on the industry's trending topics, analyse mainstream news through a compliance-focused lens, and connect the fight against financial crime to its real-world consequences and ramifications.The Laundry is proudly produced by Strise, the AML Automation Cloud.Get in touch at: laundry@strise.aiSubscribe to our newsletter, Fresh Laundry, here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, panellists discuss the recent work that has been done on illicit company formation activity and transformations to Companies House following legislative changes. These representatives from the National Economic Crime Centre (NECC), Companies House, and private sector members of the NECC's public private partnerships share their perspectives on this work, including its relation to Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).   Please note the figures provided by Companies House were accurate at the time of recording.   TCSP – Trust or Company Service Providers SAR – Suspicious Activity Reports PPP – Public-Private Partnership BAU – Business As Usual For a subtitled version of this episode visit: https://youtu.be/58ClkXN7I60

This week I am covering a new bill going through Parliament to make it 'easier/legal' to kill yourself "if you're terminally ill with 6 months or less to live." The actual bill https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-10123/CBP-10123.pdf Soul Midwife Learning https://www.soulmidwives.co.uk/ Care not Killing https://www.carenotkilling.org.uk/ Info on Dignity in Dying on Companies House https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04452809 One of the 'founders' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Irwin Kim Leadbeater M.P. Date/time votes cast Synastry with UK's chart

EN REJÄL VEGANWHISKY PÅ DET. Är whisky egentligen veganskt? Det beror helt på hur man definierar en ingrediens i vår kära dryck, nämligen jästen. Hör vi ljudet av små tassar hos 4x10 upphöjt i 7 jästceller per milliliter vört eller är det helt enkelt en svamp?. Vår trio gör också sitt bästa att besvara vad för whisky Glen Vegan är. Veckans destilleri är Benriach och till Mathias oerhörda förtjusning finns nu Rosebanks new make på flaska. Och dyr är den också, yay! Blir den nyblivna hemmansägaren David Reggie Ledoux nu? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueDetectiveseason_1 Vad var det i glaset? Mathias njöt av en Duty Paid Sample så kallad cage bottle med Hazelburn. Det finns i skrivande stund 1293 sådana whiskies i whiskybase: https://www.whiskybase.com/search/?q=springbank+duty+paid&entity=bottles&sortorder=relevance&page=1&pagesize=100 Jeroen hade en Mackmyra Limousin: https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/205555 David smuttade på whisky från ett privat från High Coast, Baccheonis III, en brutal sherrybomb. Vad är Glen Vegan? https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/100538 Douglas McNiven & Co.: https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/bottler/77580/douglas-mcniven-co https://scotchwhisky.com/whiskypedia/2794/douglas-macniven-company/ Företaget finns inte med i Companies House åtminstone vid lite snabb titt: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house Två viktiga böcker när man letar i whiskyhistorien: Morrice, Phillip, The Schweppes guide to Scotch (Sherborne: Alphabooks, 1983) Craig, H. Charles, The Scotch whisky industry record (Dumbarton: Index Publishing, 1994) Är whisky veganskt? https://www.whisky.com/is-whisky-vegan-kosher-or-gluten-free.html https://whisky-world.com/knowledge/health/is-whisky-vegan/ Det här med pitching rate och mängden jästceller: enligt en vederhäftig uppgift från 1980-talet tillsatte man då 2x107 celler, per milliliter vört, kontra fortfarande galet höga omkring 6x106 vid ölbryggning. I senare källor har det angivna antalet celler nästan fördubblats och man talar om 3–4x107 celler/ml. Rosebanks new make finns på flaska: https://www.rosebank.com/rosebank-new-make-spirit Jepp flaskan är på 20 cl och kostar sanslöst höga 30 pund från destilleriets hemsida: https://www.rosebank.com/rosebank-new-make …vilket inte hindrar till exempel de här från att ta 50 pund för 20 cl new make: https://whiskyinternationalonline.com/collections/old-and-rare/products/rosebank-new-make-spirit-20cl-63-5 Se också: https://www.whiskybase.com/whiskies/whisky/256506/rosebank-new-make Veckans destilleri: Benriach! https://www.benriachdistillery.com/ https://scotchwhisky.com/whiskypedia/1820/benriach/ Här når du oss: En trea whisky på Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/entreawhisky) Maila till oss på hej@entreawhisky.se Davids blogg tjederswhisky.se (https://www.tjederswhisky.se) Följ oss på Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/entreawhisky Bli medlem! https://entreawhisky.memberful.com/checkout?plan=74960

Dormant accounts play a significant role in business compliance, especially for company directors. When a company is dormant, it's essential to understand both the Companies House and HMRC perspectives. Although both consider dormancy differently, each perspective brings specific obligations. Accordingly, directors must navigate these to avoid fines and ensure accurate filings.Companies House and Dormancy RequirementsCompanies House defines a company as dormant if it has no significant transactions within the financial year. Notably, fees like filing charges or penalties don't count as transactions. Consequently, even inactive companies must submit annual confirmation statements and accounts. Although these may be “light-touch” accounts, failing to submit them on time can lead to fines or, worse, removal from the register. Therefore, directors need to prioritise timely filing for dormant accounts to avoid such risks.HMRC's Definition and Tax ImplicationsFor HMRC, dormant accounts take on a slightly different meaning. HMRC generally considers a company dormant for tax purposes if it has ceased trading or has no income. Additionally, it may also consider new companies that have not yet started trading as dormant. Even if HMRC issues a “notice to file” indicating dormancy, it's the director's responsibility to inform them if the company starts trading. Hence, regular communication with HMRC is crucial to maintain compliance and avoid unnecessary tax issues.Reclassifying from Dormant to ActiveIf a dormant company begins trading, this change must be reflected in the company's filings. When a company moves from dormant to active, it must file full accounts and inform HMRC. Likewise, even companies receiving investment income should re-evaluate their dormant status. Thus, keeping accurate records and updating relevant authorities promptly becomes essential.Consequences of Non-ComplianceThe consequences of ignoring dormant account obligations are serious. Failure to file on time can lead to fines, an adverse credit rating, or even deregistration. Therefore, staying proactive about filing requirements is a fundamental step for directors to keep their companies in good standing.Finally, if you found this information helpful, make sure to listen to the I Hate Numbers podcast for more insights on managing your business accounts and compliance essentials.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

This week, John and Elliot discuss the regulatory action in the UK to require sellers of art to verify the identity of buyers and their source of funds, the action by Companies House requiring the collection and retention of corporate director identity data, several prosecutions under the Export Control Reform Act, a request from the Canadian Bankers Association to reduce the number of STRs required to be filed, and several other items impacting the financial crime prevention community.

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The first half of the show will be a discussion about the recent activity on Leicester City FC's company loans held at Companies House. Chris & Kate discuss. The second half of the show will see Kate pick her starting 11 and subs for this weekends clash away against Southampton #LCFC #LCWFC #premierleague #Leicester #Leicestercity #leicestercityfc #epl #leicestercitylive #leicestercityaovivo #foxes @lcfc @leicester @leicestercity @leicestercityfc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the urgency to address the climate emergency heightens, businesses are coming under increasing pressure to monitor, report and reduce their energy use and carbon emissions to meet net zero targets. As a result, there is an increase in regulations to ensure that companies are taking the climate emergency seriously and not pay lip service to climate action. During September, we'll be taking a look at a few of the latest regulations that may affect your organisation, including: ·      SECR – Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting ·      ISSB S2 - International Sustainability Standards Board Climate related disclosures ·      CSRD - Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive ·      CSDDD - Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive In this episode, Mel Blackmore breaks down what Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) is, its reporting requirements, it's qualifiers and how it can work in tandem with other carbon management initiatives. You'll learn ·      How do these regulations relate to ESG reporting? ·      What is Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting? ·      What are the SECR Emissions Reporting Requirements? ·      Who qualifies for SECR? ·      How can SECR work with other carbon management initiatives?   Resources ·      Carbonology ·      SECR     In this episode, we talk about: [00:30] Join the isologyhub – To get access to a suite of ISO related tools, training and templates. Simply head on over to isologyhub.com to either sign-up or book a demo. [02:10] Episode summary: Over the course of September, Mel will be exploring the latest climate change regulations that may affect your organisation. In this episode she dives into Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR). [03:20] How do these regulations relate to ESG reporting? – ESG requirements include a commitment to sustainability, and reducing your overall impact. All of these regulations contribute towards an organisations ESG reporting requirements, as they require tangible proof to back up your ESG claims. They will require you to provide comprehensive emissions reporting, the level of detail of which will depend on the specific applicable regulation. [04:05] Future content to look forward to: During September Mel will look at involuntary emissions reporting schemes, but in October she will be looking into the voluntary schemes that many are already adopting as part of their Stakeholder requirements. This will include: ·      CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project) ·      EcoVardis [05:50] What are the SECR Emissions Reporting Requirements?: SECR has been around since April 2019, and was originally introduced to replace the Carbon Reduction Commitment Scheme. This is a mandatory scheme, so it is a legal requirement for those that meet it's criteria. For those that are familiar with ESOS (The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme), it functions in a very similar way. This scheme isn't solely focused on reporting energy usage and carbon emissions, it's also looking for organisations to report on efficiency measures that are undertaken on an annual basis. Which is reflected in the financial reporting that you will also have to submit. It's important to note that SECR has specific requirements for the disclosure of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy consumption. Emission reporting requirements vary slightly between quoted companies and large unquoted companies and LLPs. For quoted Companies: ·      Global Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions must be reported. Scope 3 emissions reporting is strongly recommended but voluntary. For large unquoted companies and LLPs: ·      UK based Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions and associated energy consumption. Scope 3 emissions from the combustion of fuel in vehicles or equipment not owned by the company. [10:10] Join the isologyhub and get access to limitless ISO resources – From as little as £99 a month, you can have unlimited access to hundreds of online training courses and achieve certification for completion of courses along the way, which will take you from learner to practitioner to leader in no time. Simply head on over to the isologyhub to sign-up or book a demo. [12:05] Who qualifies for SECR?:  All UK Quoted Companies: Any company that has shares listed on the UK Stock Exchange is required to comply with SECR. Large Unquoted Companies and Large LLPs: These are companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) that are not listed on the UK Stock Exchange but meet two or more of the following criteria: ·      Turnover: More than £36 million per annum. ·      Balance Sheet Total: More than £18 million. ·      Number of Employees: 250 or more employees. These criteria ensure that SECR framework targets large organisations that have a significant impact on the UK's energy consumption and carbon emissions. By complying with SECR, these organisations can contribute significantly to the UK's sustainability goals. [14:10] When is the SECR disclosure made? SECR reporting must occur alongside financial reporting, being included within annual reports and Directors' Reports, which are then filed with Companies House. [14:30] The importance of Accurate SECR Reporting and Carbon Reduction -  The reporting process can unlock valuable insights and opportunities for operational improvements, leading to enhanced energy efficiency and reduced carbon emissions over time. Demonstrating your organisation's commitment to energy efficiency and carbon reduction can enhance brand perception and foster positive relationships with stakeholders, including investors, clients, and regulators. [16:05] Integrating SECR Reporting with Other Carbon Management Initiatives -  You are missing a trick if you're keeping your SECR reporting separate from the rest of your business activities. It should be included as a part of your sustainability umbrella, and can be invaluable if you're going for other reporting requirements such as EcoVardis and CSRD. There's no need to reinvent the wheel if you already have something like an Environmental Management System in place, simply weave the additional requirements in with your usual annual maintenance. Established systems will already be adhered to across the business, meaning any new requirements will soon become business as usual. You could incorporate this as part of your Net Zero strategy, or Carbon Reduction Plan if PPN 06/21 is one of your reporting requirements. You could also incorporate this into your supply chain emissions reporting. If you would like some help with SECR, please get in touch with Carbonology. 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Wondering what you need to file for a limited company? In this episode Dan recaps what you need to file and when for your limited company. He chats about deadlines, penalties, tools…. all this and more on today's HeelanHub! www.heelanassociates.co.uk/podcast - the show for UK small business owners.

Hello, and welcome to episode 121 of the Financial Crime Weekly Podcast, I'm Chris Kirkbride. On sanctions this week, designations from the US, and the monthly update from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clear Air on Russian fossil fuel exports. Money laundering news comes from the US where corporate beneficial ownership continues to take the focus of many working across compliance. In other financial crime news, the SFO has published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2023 – 2024, while Companies House in the UK has published its Business Plan for 2024 – 2025. There's also a round-up of this week's cyber crime news, with news from the UK and US regarding takedowns of cyber-crime gangs.A transcript of this podcast is available at www.crimes.financial, with links to the stories.

I discuss how banks are in it for themselves and their own CYA tactics put you at risk. Below are some links related to the material in the podcast episode Book a free 1-1 call with Adrian: strategy@adrianomics.com - link coming soon meanwhiel just email mentioning you would ike to set up a 15 minute 1-1 call. Follow your company (Companies House): https://www.gov.uk/government/news/follow-companies-for-free Ask a question: questions@adrianomics.com

Step-by-Step Essentials for Launching Your Digital PresenceIn this episode of "Marketing Your Craft," host Tracey, an award-winning marketing expert from Somerset, UK, provides a comprehensive guide for beginners on how to get their business online. From brainstorming a unique domain name to choosing the right hosting platform, Tracey covers all the essential steps to help you launch your website and establish your online presence.Description:Welcome to "Marketing Your Craft," where Tracey, a seasoned marketing professional from Somerset, UK, guides creative entrepreneurs through the process of growing their businesses. In this episode, Tracey offers a beginner's guide to taking your business online. She breaks down the steps to set up your domain name, choose the right hosting platform, and launch your website effectively.Tracey covers:Brainstorming Domain Names: Tips for creating a unique and memorable domain name.Checking Availability: How to verify if your desired domain name is available and not already taken on social media.Registering Your Domain: Steps to register your domain name and ensure it's protected.Checking with Companies House: Making sure your business name isn't already registered with Companies House.Choosing a Hosting Platform: Evaluating different hosting services like WordPress and Wix to find the best fit for your business needs.Defining Your Website's Purpose: Identifying the key functions your website needs to perform, such as e-commerce capabilities, portfolio display, or blog hosting.With over 20 years of sales and marketing experience, Tracey provides practical advice and actionable steps to help you navigate the process of launching your business online. Tune in to learn how to establish a professional online presence and take your creative business to the next level.Join us for this essential guide to building your online business. Subscribe to "Marketing Your Craft" and start your journey to digital success today!Beginner's guide to online businessSetting up a domain nameBrainstorming business namesChecking domain availabilityRegistering a domain nameChoosing a hosting platformWordPress vs. WixBusiness website setupOnline presence for entrepreneursLaunching a business websiteSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/your-super-self-with-tracey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What can they find out? In this episode Dan runs through what your employer will get told about if you start a business. He chats about Companies House, HMRC, tax codes, contracts…. all this and more on today's HeelanHub! www.heelanassociates.co.uk/podcast - the show for UK small business owners. info@heelanassociates.co.uk 02392 240040

Royal Insider Deep Crown observed, “I've been observing Prince Harry's public appearances and demeanor closely over the past few years, and I can't help but notice a distinct pattern emerging.When he's at these carefully staged events with Meghan, whether it's a red carpet gala or a charity function, there's a certain stiffness to him. A sense of unease, like he's not quite sure how to navigate this new world he finds himself in. The smile doesn't quite reach his eyes, the laughter seems a bit forced. It's as if he's playing a role, one that doesn't come naturally to him.But then, every once in a while, we catch a glimpse of the old Harry. The cheeky, irreverent prince who wore his heart on his sleeve and never took himself too seriously. It's usually when he's out with his old friends, the ones who knew him long before he became the Duke of Sussex. There's a lightness to him in those moments, a sense of ease and camaraderie that's been missing from his public persona of late.Meghan is rarely, if ever, present during those candid moments. It's as if Harry can only truly be himself when he's away from the pressures and expectations of his new life. When he's just 'one of the lads,' free to let loose and enjoy himself without worrying about how it will be perceived by the media or the public.It's a telling dichotomy, and one that speaks volumes about the challenges Harry has faced in adapting to his new reality. He's a man torn between two worlds, struggling to find his place and his purpose. On the one hand, he's committed to his wife and the life they've built together, but on the other, there's a part of him that yearns for the simplicity and freedom of his old existence.Perhaps in time, Harry will find a way to reconcile these two aspects of himself. To be the devoted husband and father, the compassionate activist and philanthropist, while also holding onto the essence of who he's always been - the fun-loving, mischievous prince who captured the hearts of so many. But for now, it seems he's still grappling with that duality, and it's a struggle that plays out in the public eye, for all the world to see.Meghan recently announced her new lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, on social media. However, The Independent discovered that the UK website domain for the brand surprisingly leads to a foodbank instead of the expected lifestyle website.The '.com' website leads to a stylized page introducing Meghan's brand and features a waiting list for interested individuals to join.Curiously, the '.uk' domain for American Riviera Orchard directs visitors to a landing page for the Trussell Trust, a foodbank charity, and subsequently to a fundraiser. This unexpected redirection has raised questions about the brand's UK website and its connection to the charity. Harry has officially changed his country of residence from the United Kingdom to the United States in paperwork related toTravalyst. For the past four years, Harry had continued to list his country of residence as the U.K. in the documentation confirming his status as a "person with significant control" over Travalyst, holding 75 percent or more of the shares and voting rights. However, a recent filing at Britain's Companies House, seen by Newsweek, stated: "New Country/State Usually Resident: UNITED STATES."The change was made on June 29, 2023, the same day Buckingham Palace publicly confirmed that Harry and Meghan had officially moved out of Frogmore Cottage. The eviction notice was sent to the couple in January 2023, just days after the publication of Prince Harry's memoir, "Spare," which made numerous allegations against the royal family. Meghan and Harry recently experienced an "awkward" moment on camera during an event in Miami. The incident occurred when Meghan presented Harry with an award and then posed for a photo shoot with the Duke and others, which was captured by the couple's Netflix cameras for an upcoming show.

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The latest set of accounts have been published by Companies House for Sheffield United Football Club season 2022/23. Hal Stewart delves into the numbers with University of Liverpool football finance lecturer and price of football co-host Kieran Maguire. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A summary of the most material developments expected in the next 6-12 months which will be of relevance to UK listed companies - a Companies House update. Speakers: Sarah Hawes, Head of Corporate Knowledge and Gareth Sykes, Partner

What should lead the news? Three people pitch the story they think matters most to Tortoise's editor-in-chief James Harding.The team discusses what we know about Alexei's Navalny's death in a Russian penal colony, why fake restaurants are being registered on Companies House and Labour's position on a ceasefire in Gaza ahead of a vote in the House of Commons later this week.Email: newsmeeting@tortoisemedia.comGuests:Graham Barrow, host of the host of The Dark Money Files podcast and an expert who investigates fraud on Companies HouseCat Neilan, political editor at TortoiseChloe Hadjimatheou, narrative editor at TortoiseHost: James Harding, editor-in-chief at TortoiseProducer: Rebecca MooreExecutive producer: Lewis VickersTo find out more about Tortoise:- Download the Tortoise app - for a listening experience curated by our journalists- Subscribe to Tortoise+ on Apple Podcasts for early access and exclusive content- Become a member and get access to all of Tortoise's premium audio offerings and moreIf you want to get in touch with us directly about a story, or tell us more about the stories you want to hear about contact hello@tortoisemedia.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The A Better HR Business podcast looks at how consultants and tech firms in the broad Human Resources field grow their business; and how they help employers get the best out of their people. In this episode of A Better HR Business, we are kindly joined by Aimee Bateman, founder of the renowned career development platform Careercake. Aimee shares her extraordinary journey of building and scaling her business, from the early challenges of technology limitations to the successful sale of Careercake to SocialTalent. Her insights on creating valuable products and fostering strong relationships are inspiring. Aimee has spent 22 years in the career development space. A former recruiter who became a career performance coach and eventually the CEO of a venture-backed Edtech startup.  As a recruiter, she placed over 2,000 professionals in new roles before founding Careercake, an e-learning company that was voted the UK's No.1 career development platform. As the CEO, she defied the odds by securing VC and angel investments across two continents, despite operating in a landscape where less than 1% of funding goes to a female founder. Together with her team, Careercake scaled into 42 countries supporting companies such as Nationwide, Companies House and Tech Nation to up-skill their people. In 2022 Aimee sold Careercake to the fabulous hiring skills platform, SocialTalent, before exiting and giving birth just 30 days later. 10 million people have taken Aimee's professional development courses, including 3 million on LinkedIn Learning and she's been featured as a career expert on the BBC and Sky.  In a wide-ranging discussion on the podcast, Aimee and Ben talked about: ✅ How she started the business, Careercake (it wasn't about making money). ✅ How it turned into a business. ✅ Taking on VC money and angel investors. ✅ How and why the business pivoted when it wasn't working. ✅ The new direction takes off. ✅ Selling the business to SocialTalent. ✅ Aimee's not sure what she'll build next - how she's deciding what to do. ✅ And much more. Thanks, Aimee! Website: www.aimeebateman.com  LinkedIn profile: www.linkedin.com/in/aimeebateman For show notes and to see details of our previous guests, check out the podcast page here: www.GetMoreHRClients.com/Podcast WANT MORE CUSTOMERS OR CLIENTS? Want more clients for your HR-related consultancy or HR Tech business? Check out the HR Business Accelerator: www.GetMoreHRClients.com/Services. WANT TO START AN HR BUSINESS? Want to launch your own consulting business in the broad Human Resources sector? Check out: www.GetMoreHRClients.com/Start for resources.

A summary of the most material developments expected in the next 6-12 months which will be of relevance to UK listed companies - a Companies House special. Speakers: Sarah Hawes, Head of Corporate Knowledge, Gareth Sykes, Partner and Hannah Whitney, Associate

We have recorded a special bonus episode of the Fraud Files podcast which departs from our analysis of the failure to prevent fraud and identification doctrine reform elements of the Economic Crime Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (the "Act") and provides an overview of the other changes introduced by this piece of omnibus legislation. In this episode, hosted by Elizabeth Head, Sarah Hawes talks through the Act's extensive reforms to Companies House https://hsfnotes.com/corporate/2023/10/31/radical-reforms-to-companies-house-and-corporate-liability-for-economic-crimes/, and Susannah Cogman provides an overview of other changes introduced by the Act https://marketing.hsf.com/20/27465/landing-pages/corporate-crime-briefing---economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-bill.pdf, including in particular in relation to the Proceeds of Crime Act. We will be back with further discussion of failure to prevent fraud in the New Year!

Following the enactment of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, reform is on the way to Companies House.But what does it look like and when will it happen?Here's our initial overview.Support the showFollow us on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-dark-money-files-ltd/ on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dark_files or see our website at https://www.thedarkmoneyfiles.com/

It's a reduced squad for this week's episode but Andrew, Simon and Justin discuss Lyle Foster's new deal, make some predictions ahead of the Clarets' trip to Bournemouth and look at ALK's rumoured 'talent sharing' deal with Dundee. Plus we try to get to the bottom of some new cash appearing in the figures at Companies House.Don't forget to like, share, rate and review on your chosen platform and follow us on Twitter/X and Facebook by searching Bee Hole Podcast.Up the Clarets! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Being a business owner by definition means you need to take ownership of your business (!) but this requires more than just a piece of paper at Companies House (or your country's equivalent). In this week's episode, we look at... How a lack of ownership can lead you to taking a more passive approach The power of proactive problem solving and having an ownership mindset How you can cultivate individual ownership and own your own mistakes while empowering others to do the same Tune in for more on taking personal ownership and responsibility. Resources mentioned during the episode 1:1 Coaching & Mentoring - If you're looking for one-to-one support to help you achieve your specific life and business goals, Anna has a limited number of spots for individual coaching and mentoring. www.onestepoutside.com/coaching Join the free Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/onestepoutside/ Follow Anna on Instagram: https://instagram.com/annaselundberg  Get started with these free resources: Explore a broader definition of success https://onestepoutside.com/success  Find a way to quit your job and start your own business https://onestepoutside.com/roadmap  Get a free assessment of your business https://onestepoutside.com/scorecard Discover the book, Outside of the 9 to 5 https://outsideofthe9to5.com

Show notes and Transcript Gareth Icke joins us to discuss all things censorship.  His Dad, David Icke has been banned from travelling to the EU for the past 2 years because of his "hurtful" comments and has just had his appeal overturned.  He is regarded as a threat to community cohesion and free speech and the judge in the Netherlands has, surprise surprise, sided with the government and rejected his appeal against his travel ban. So anyone can have their right to travel in Europe blocked because they stand up for free speech? This is on top of the censorship being introduced through the Online Safety Bill in the UK and similar legislation in the EU.  Gareth explains how and why we have been targeted and what we can do to ensue freedom of speech remains across Europe and beyond. Gareth Icke is an activist, a singer/songwriter, an author, a former international beach soccer player, the presenter of ‘Right Now', an uncensored current affairs show on the Ickonic Network and is also the son of the legendary truth warrior David Icke. He has been attending protests and rallies since he was a small boy and he's worked tirelessly in the movement for truth and continues to do so through docu-series, films, books, podcasts, rallies, speaking engagements and much more. Gareth's weekly show, 'Right Now', goes out every Friday at 7pm on ickonic.com. It gives guests from all over the world a chance to say their bit, covering a huge range of subjects that the mainstream doesn't want you to hear about. Follow and support Gareth at the following links..... WEBSITEShttp://www.ickonic.com/ http://garethicke.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA, VIDEO AND MUSIC GETTR: https://www.gettr.com/user/garethicke TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/garethicke GAB: https://gab.com/garethicke TELEGRAM: http://t.me/garethicke MINDS: https://www.minds.com/garethicke/ YOUTUBE: http://www.youtube.com/garethicke21 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0NoR3Ss4kvKyZMwv0vAQn3 Interview recorded 26.9.23 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art https://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/ and follow him on GETTR https://gettr.com/user/BoschFawstin and Twitter https://twitter.com/TheBoschFawstin?s=20  To sign up for our weekly email, find our social media, podcasts, video, livestreaming platforms and more... https://heartsofoak.org/connect/ Support Hearts of Oak by purchasing one of our fancy T-Shirts.... https://heartsofoak.org/shop/ Please subscribe, like and share! Transcript (Hearts of Oak) Gareth Icke, it is wonderful to have you back with us again. Thanks so much for joining us today. (Gareth Icke) It's a pleasure, mate. It's always nice to chat to you. Good to have you on. And of course, @GarethIcke on Twitter, @Ickonic, also on Twitter. Do you wanna, in case we have, obviously, many viewers from the Stateside as well, they may not come across Ickonic, do you wanna just give them a one minute precept of what they can find there and how they can find your material? Yeah, well, Ickonic's a free speech platform, basically born out of censorship. So when Twitter started banning everyone a few years back, YouTube were banning everyone, Vimeo kicked off all the videos and all that sort of stuff. Parler came along as a bit of a free speech platform and then was quickly sidelined by the fact that it was using Amazon servers or whatever. So it became quite obvious to us that actually, Oh mate, no, you're gonna need the whole shebang in-house, because it doesn't matter if 5% of your infrastructure is owned by them and 95% by you. If they can pull that 5%, they can pull the lot down. So Ickonic was built and it came along, basically from November, 2019, and then the world went mental just a couple of months later. So we've kind of been at the coalface a bit from the very beginning, in terms of trying to get information out there and trying to get whistle-blowers testimonies out there and all that sort of stuff. So, and it's quite funny to be honest, Peter, cause I'm looking at things now that are widely accepted. And it's like, mate. People like me and people like you were talking about that three years ago and, being sent tinfoil hat memes. But there you go, but we keep plodding along don't we? I thought this was funny the other day because I don't know what your feelings are on this actually Pete because I've not spoke to you about it, but the Lucy Letby case is a bit, there's more to know there isn't there? This convicted child serial killer here in England, there's certainly more to know about that case. And I saw, oh goodness me, what's his name, writes for The Daily Mail, was very good during covid at the start and then went a bit quiet, Im trying to remember his name now, his Twitter handle is ClarkeMicah, oh man, whats his name. My brains gone. It will come to me in a minute, he wrote an article anyway in The Mail this week, 'Why is no-one talking about the Lucy Letby case?, I wish someone else would talk about it It's like, yeah, we have been. Yeah. Oh, I know. I know.  Hitchens, Peter Hitchens. That was it.  Peter Hitchens. Um, no, but a lot of these issues, you end up shouting the TV saying, we were saying that two years ago, three years ago, why did you not, and suddenly it's accepted. And I know, I know.  Yeah, exactly. Vaccines being a huge one of them, you know, that, that kind of stuff is funny that you have, well, not funny, actually, it's, it's absolutely disgusting, but you have people like Sarah Kayat, who came on national TV and said that these are 100% safe and effective. They do this, they do that. People would have gone and got shot as a result of that and are now paying the price. And even though she was proven incorrect, she's still on telly now. And people like you and me get censored and deleted off stuff and whatever, and it's like... It's funny because we're literally not telling anyone to do anything. We just say, you've got to ask questions, that's it. When you've got a blood clot or heart attack it's a bit too late to question what you've done so, but yeah. So much and actually wanted to chat to you today about restrictions on travel with those who have a dissenting voice or different view. And of course this, your father was banned from traveling to the Netherlands back in November last year, I think it was, for a freedom demo. And we'll get on to that specific, but I think probably back a couple of years ago, pre-COVID, I would have thought it's important for a government to be able to ban bad people coming in. You don't want people to disrupt the country. We need that mechanism in place. Now my opinion's gone the other way because I think at that point I trusted, institutions or governments to an extent now that's completely gone out the window. Well I think the thing is as well with you know these people that are apparently in positions of power that they're not really in positions of power at all which is why they need to try and silence people because I always think that comes from a position of weakness. It's like I'll only fight you in the ring if you have your hands tied behind your back. You wouldn't be doing that if you were confident, that's ridiculous. So when you've got things like the online safety bill going through at the moment, they're controlling the narrative in terms of tech companies and they're controlling the narrative in terms of what people can say online. You can, you know, non-person people which is what they obviously tried to do with Alex Jones. But what you can't do then is stop someone taking to the street with a bullhorn and just putting their view out there so all of a sudden you're stopping people from traveling as well. The thing with my dad, it was insane, he was asked to speak at an anti-war rally. Right, so he was literally just going to fly into Amsterdam, speak at an anti-war rally, fly home, probably the next day, done. But they caused such a hoo-ha about it that they actually not only banned him from Holland for two years, they banned him from 26 other European nations, which are part of something called the Schengen List. And what people don't realise is, obviously, my dad was already banned from Australia, but countries like Canada and countries like America, the USA, they take the Schengen list as red. So you might well be banned from 26 European countries, but you try and go in America, you're banned from there as well, Sunshine. So he's essentially banned from, you know, and New Zealand is another nation that does the same, takes the same thing. So you're essentially banned from a large percentage of the world. Well, certainly the parts of the world that speak English that you can converse with you know, easily, for wanting to attend an anti-war rally. And what's crazy, is that they basically, you know, they made up all these allegations, all of which were completely false. They ruled on those allegations and he was banned. So then some solicitors, some lawyers in Holland took umbrage with it and so they actually worked for free, they weren't even hired. They were like, no, we're not having this. So they appealed on behalf of my dad. And so we were all watching it as the Dutch government had to basically make their case to the judge. And so they were, you know, saying all this stuff. And it was funny because the, Dutch lawyers on my dads side were literally just, they were throwing tennis balls and they were just smacking everyone out of the park. And it was actually quite, it was almost painful to watch, Peter, I actually almost felt bad for the government, right, because their spokesman that was there was so confused and lost, he didn't really know what was going on. And so all these accusations were all knocked out the park, rubbish, this is rubbish, here's the evidence, why it's rubbish, blah blah. So in the end it ended up with one thing, which was my dad had said that people, and this was in a documentary Renegade that was like made years and years ago, where he was saying that we the many, we the population, we the world population need to put down our fault lines of race and colour and sexuality and income bracket and all this bollocks and we need to stand as one against those that are basically trying to rule all of us by dividing us and then ruling us. We need to stand up, we need to come together. That was apparently a rallying cry against government which is therefore terrorism. Wow.  So I'm laughing, honestly, I'm watching it and I'm laughing. We've got Chrissy, my dad's partner, she's Dutch, so she's translating it and I'm laughing because I'm going, oh mate, they are in big trouble here, this is hilarious. And then the judge goes, yeah, yeah, sounds about right, yeah, bang. So upholds it, right? And so there was the other appeal which took place, about a week ago, where again, they had to rule and they were supposed to give their verdict. They then made my dad wait 10 weeks. So, you know, he can't travel anywhere for 10 weeks. And then they came in with a verdict saying with the judge who doesn't even lift her head up because she's so bloody shamed. The, yeah, if the government says you're a danger, then yeah, you're a danger. So yeah, you're banned still.  So that's what's come out now that they, they agree. And because he was banned because I read different things, it's always fun to read what the BBC, what the mainstream media are saying, and then you understand where they're coming from, that he was a risk to public order. I think he said, the BBC said he would cause tensions between different groups and disrupt public order. And that's a, you're right, that's a red flag to any, if any government sees this individual is a risk to public order. You don't want them in your country. So it would make sense for every other country to follow that judgment, that statement.  Well, that's the thing. But what was, what was funny about that is I got an email, it actually came to me. So they notified him that he was banned from 26 European countries by emailing his son. Right. I got the email. It's extraordinary. So it's in Dutch. So obviously I don't speak Dutch. So I sent it across to Christiana. I was like, what does this say? So then she came back saying, this is insane. They're using anti-terror legislation to ban him. So I was like, oh my goodness me, that's extraordinary. So I then went public with that. I was like, I've just got an email from the Dutch saying that they're banning him from 26 nations based on anti-terrorism legislation and a danger to public order and a danger to society. I then just got jumped on by loads of your Matthew Sweet, that BBC knobhead, people like that all jumping on me going, oh the Dutch, did they all email you together? It's like. You know what I meant, dickhead. You know what I meant. And then a Dutch newspaper got in touch with me basically, you know, trying to fact check it saying that no, they didn't say he was a terrorist. I didn't say they said he was a terrorist. I said it was anti-terror legislation, which is what they were using to ban him. I've literally got the email, mate. And he wouldn't let go, this guy. And in the end he did, you know, because obviously he realized, because then they actually started during the appeal using the word terrorism. So at that point, I think he had he had to crawl back under his little rock. But for a while he was on my case, this this Dutch journalist guy. And when I say on my case, I mean, like replying to my tweets underneath saying that's not true. It's like, read the email now, mate. And so, you know, they all kind of, sort of, went for me a little bit about announcing it, which was hilarious to me, because it's like, hang on a minute, so I've just told you that a man who's never been, accused of a crime, has never been investigated for a crime, has never been tried for a crime, certainly never therefore convicted for a crime, is banned from 26 countries because he wanted to attend an anti-war rally, and your issue with it is the fact that I use the term the Dutch, not the fact that this is happening, this is a man in his 70s, do you know what I mean? Like, what the hell are you on about? And it kind of puts things into perspective as well. When I saw, you know, this whole outcry with the whole Russell Brand thing. Now, I found that weird, if I'm honest, Peter, because none of us know if he's guilty or not. I don't know what he's like. I don't know him. I don't know what he's like around women. I know he's a bit of a sleazeball. That doesn't mean, of course, he's a rapist, but yeah, he's a bit of a sleazeball. Can I believe? Yeah, of course I could. But can I believe someone's setting him up? Yeah, I can believe that as well. I don't have the answers. Therefore, my opinion is, I don't know. Let's see what happens. Whereas lots of people within the alternative or so called alternative, if you can call GB news alternative, all jumped on this whole he must be innocent thing. And I, remember reading it thinking, What are you doing? You haven't got a clue if he's innocent or not. This is extraordinary. Like, wow, man, this is madness. Yeah, none of them said anything when my dad got banned from 26 countries didn't say a word. So it's like, you know, this guy who's a multi multi millionaire is demonetized by YouTube. Yeah, that's wrong. But you're kicking off about that, but you're not bothered about a man who's banned from 26 countries. It's quite odd to me, actually, how people can pick and choose who they wish to defend and who they don't wish to defend in terms of freedom. It's, you know, freedom for everyone or freedom for no one, surely.  No, it is. And I'm exactly the same line as you on the Brand issue, on the sidelines. And I'm amazed how commentators and journalists suddenly become experts at whatever topic is thrown at them without looking at it. They just overnight, they suddenly know all about the case. That is impossible and frustrating. It's very strange. And it's on both sides as well, mate. Like, you know, that's what I said in my monologue last week and I've got a little bit of ear 'ole grief for that. But it was that the fact that you can decide, we're now at a point as a society, we can decide whether someone is guilty or not of sexual assault based on what their politics are and whether we agree with them or not. That's mental. So people will look at Russell Brand and go, oh, he's a conspiracy theorist. Yeah, he's definitely a wrongun and guilty. And then the other side will go, no, no, no, no. He was anti-jab. He can't be guilty. What do you mean? It's just madness. The only people that know whether he's guilty or not is him and the people that are accusing him. So the idea of jumping, you know, I mean, innocent until proven guilty, of course, you know, having the government write to people like Rumble to try and get him taken off and demonetized, that's extraordinary. And I'm bang against that. I mean, I'm not a big fan of Brand, but that doesn't matter. Bang against that, that's outrageous. But the idea that people, like you say, can comment and say that he's innocent. You haven't got a clue, mate. None of us do.  Well, that is obviously, I guess at some point or other will go through the courts. So we'll touch on the social media side a bit more. On the travel side, I was intrigued because obviously there is pressure from left-wing governments and individuals to restrict the movement of other people. We've seen that over the last three years and this was a two-year travel ban. And it says actually the Amsterdam's Mayor, Police and Prosecutors Office asked originally the demonstration organizers to uninvite Mr. Icke for his hurtful statements. I didn't know a hurtful. Something you say may hurt someone's feelings. So it's basically if someone's feelings are hurt then that must ban you from world travel. Wow. You can't say anything now without hurting someone's feelings though. Do you know what I mean? If you say that a woman can't have a cock, that's offending someone. It's just madness. And also, who cares if people are offended? Like, honestly, who cares? It's just words, man. Like, I see things all the time that I think of a bang out of order and disgusting. I think having men shake their naked arses in front of kids in the street pretty frickin disgusting. But, do you know what I mean. I don't see these people getting banned from nations. It's extraordinary. It really is very, we're in a real, we're in a real weird place. But I also think that we're in a weird place because there is a fear there within the establishment that people are waking up massively on a much, much bigger scale. And I think they were starting to wake up. I think we've discussed this before, people were waking up even before the Rona. The Rona just absolutely accelerated it because people started to smell a rat and also people sat at home and had more time to look at stuff that they'd never looked at before. And it would start to resonate with them, hang on, I might be on to something. And so it feels very much like they're just trying to get the stable door shut. And part of that will be to do with shutting up the other side. You know, shut them up online, don't talk to them on the mainstream media, only ever have your voices on the mainstream media, ban them from countries so they can't travel and speak to people in person. You know, I mean, they've been doing that to my dad long before they banned him from traveling. You know, the fact that he's touring around the UK at the minute, and it's called the secret tour where the loca... I don't even know the locations, Peter. I don't even know where they are. It's that hush-hush that I don't even know where the venues are. So people will message me like a couple of days before Oh, you couldn't give us a heads up, could you? And even if it's people I know, Peter, and I've known for years and I trust them, I'm like, mate, I don't even know. I don't even know. That's how cloak and dagger it has to be because, if these anti-hate organisations find out where they are, they will harass and threaten the venues. That's what they do. They contact the venues, they say, he's this, he's that, don't put him on. And if the people then have the courage to go either, well, that's not true. I've read his books, or, well, I believe in free speech, then they threaten the staff. And that's what they do. We can't, they use very, very clever terminology. They say, well, we can't guarantee the safety of your staff then based on X, Y, and Z. And they just plants that seed. So, a venue organizer will be, Oh, geez, I mean, I've got to protect my staff. Sorry. Sorry, boys. I've got to pull it, you know.  It's true. It is that commercial pressure and no one wants their building smashed up, but also is this, the whole question I think regarding, one regarding the social media side, but also regarding the courts, which we've seen is, who's the arbitrator of truth, or what is permitted speech, and we have all these words thrown around, misinformation and disinformation, and then we have the fact checking, so the government tell us what is accepted and what is not. This is brand new this level of government alliance of what is permitted and what is not and if you fall in one category and then there is there is punishment and I guess this is the government obviously with the online safety bill trying to catch up with the scope and range and reach that the internet provides.  Yeah and the thing is as well is it's you know it's it's cleverly designed currently to be cheered on by one side. So people who identify as left leaning at the minute will be cheering on the online safety bill because it's sold to protect them from far right extremists and protect their kids from grooming and all this kind of stuff when it's obviously doing nothing of the sort. But what these people don't realise is that these left leaning people that are now cheering it on with the same left leaning people that were being marginalised and shut up because they were calling out the invasion of Iraq not that long ago. And so narrative switch and they shift and governments are very, very contradictory. And so these people that are cheering it on now it will come and bite them in the arse in two years, three years, four years. And you know, it's the same thing you have all the time. It's that first they came for. So I mean, the people are so short sighted, it's extraordinary. Everyone should be defending free speech. I can't stand a lot of nonsense that comes out of people. But they should be able to say it. Because I shouldn't expect free speech if they can't have it, it's not how it exists. Everyone should be able to speak freely and their ideas out in the open and debated. This is the thing that people don't seem to realize as well, by shutting people up and silencing people and marginalizing people, you don't stop them thinking a certain way, you just drive them underground. And so actually, what you'll end up doing is creating extremists. And that's not hard to do that if you start making people feel like they don't have a voice. It's that whole, what is it, riots are the language of the unheard or whatever. And that can go to even bigger extremes than that. I feel like it's a really important time at the moment. It's a really important time. And, you know, it's interesting, you mentioned about these, these anti hate groups and these fact checkers, because they are up to their neck in it. They're political organizations. You know, I just saw the other day, you've got the Centre for countering digital hate, which is an organization that's pushed massively for the online safety bill, Damien Collins, who is a big cheerleader, he's a he's a member of that organization. And the front man of that organization, Imran Ahmed, no one knows anything really about him. I mean, he's a former investment banker. He was a spin doctor for Angela Eagle when she was standing against Corbyn. But what they don't realize is, oh no, no, no, no, no, no. They're an independent organization. Okay. Why then on Companies House is Imran Ahmed still a director of Labour Campaigns Limited? So you've got a guy that's the director of an organization on one side of the political sphere in the UK, while his other organization that's independent, is shutting down debate and shutting down people that are saying anything against the narrative. I mean, it's extraordinary that it's there in black and white for people to see, yet The BBC, Sky News, whoever, even CNN and MSNBC have rolled out Imran Ahmed on the regular, to give his opinion on hate, the state of hate. I've got my name in that this year, state of hate. It's a badge of honour.  We were in it one year and then a second year and it was a bigger piece. And I really wanted to write to hope not hate and say, uh, really excited that we're growing in presence. Please let us know what we could do better next year to have a larger spread, because I would like a double page spread. What do I need to do to do that? And just mock them.  Well, that's the thing. I mean, it's also, you know, they're always what they accuse you of. So you look at these silencing organisations, these narrative managing organisations, they're full of hate, like they're absolutely full of hate. The way that they talk about people and the things they say about people and the emotions that they evoke in other people against these people. Is just hatred and then you actually look at the people they're saying are hate figures and most of them are just freedom fighters that have not got a hateful bone in their body. You know, it really is extraordinary. It really is extraordinary. We are in an inverted world. I think we've lost, you talk about the media and we've lost that investigative journalism that you would have thought decades ago where hard work would have been done as a scoop and even if it went against the norm or against a newspaper's editorial that there was an ability to put that out. That seems to have gone and certainly in the last three years I guess it will continue where the media becomes a mouthpiece of the government whether it's COVID, whether it's online safety bill, whatever the next thing is. They will simply do what they are told and that's a level, certainly we haven't witnessed in our lifetime.  No, there's still some about trying to do good stuff, but like you say, they get bizarrely marginalised and maligned and attacked for going against the tribe. One of them, I think, Max Blumenthal was one of them, who was a darling of the left when he was calling out Israel, as he continues to do. Yet when COVID hit and everyone started wetting their sheets and he started calling out draconian measures and restrictions and mask mandates and jab mandates. Well, Max has lost his mind. No, he hasn't. No, he hasn't. He's exactly the same man as he was before, which was trying to call out wrongdoing. And now, obviously, he runs the grey zone. The the the left is now Slava Ukraine. So they they just they think he's really gone off the deep end just because he's now calling out NATO, but you were calling out NATO. It's just the narrative shifted within your tribe and you didn't leave your tribe because that's what I belong as. That's my social media. I'll have to update my bio if I leave the tribe. It's hard work that. So they have to stay within the confines of that tribe. And it's the same on the right. Don't get me wrong. People have mental gymnastics to explain away things. I mean, the Trumpsters are kings of that. When he pushed the jab. What? When he didn't pardon Julian Assange? What? What's that? I'm sorry, I've got to go. Do you know what I mean? Like people, they don't want to... No, no, no, he just did that because... Deep state and that. Like people have these mental gymnastics too because they don't want to admit that actually, okay, you know, your tribe is faltering as well, you know. That's why I'm not part of a tribe, Peter.  No, I think people see Messiah figures everywhere and that's the danger whenever you lift people up to that level and don't see them as leaders but as flawed individuals who can screw up at any moment. It's a very dangerous position to be in and you see that on both sides, your right, left and right. Well that's one concern I had with the whole Russell Brand thing, you know, there was two sides to it which was he's definitely guilty because he's a wrong un and then he's anti-vax and he's definitely innocent because he's on our side. Those are the two seem to be the suit polar extremes. And then I'm thinking in the middle of it, I'm thinking, well, I don't really trust this guy. I've never really trusted Russell Brand. He's invented himself more times than Cher. He just kind of tries to find a little, you know, little gap in the market. Or, you know, what can I what can I how can I exploit that free or, you know, the alternative freedom movements growing, that's quite popular, their money's as worth as much as anyone else's, right? I'll get myself in there. You know, I can remember the times when he was being chucked in the fountain at Trafalgar Square, people seem to forget that he, was trying to sort of, you know, co-op that sort of stuff as well. And people saw through him then. And so I'm looking at it and I'm going, do you know what? if you wanted to infiltrate a movement. What better way than being attacked and taken down by the establishment? It gives you some credibility. If you're going undercover into an organization, the police will give you a kicking, the police will arrest you, even if you're an undercover copper, because it gives you then more validity to the group that you're infiltrating. So there's a little part of that. And then I'm looking at it, I'm thinking the freedom movement, whatever you want to call it, it doesn't need leaders. I've never believed it. The truth is just the truth. And the more people that speak it, the more the world will improve, I think and the more people will be held accountable, but it doesn't need leaders It doesn't need that Messiah complex. Like you say everyone along you get make a statue of him doesn't need any of that nonsense, Yet, we've been given leaders. We didn't ask for him I don't know if you asked for Andrew Tate to be a spokesman for our movement. I certainly didn't, I mean, I didn't ask for Andrew Tate. I didn't ask for for Russell Brand to be you know, the spokesman for our organization, our movement and our freedom and our awakening yet we were given them and now we're watching them systematically getting taken down and in some ways taking some of us, not me and you because we've kept our powder dry on it because we don't know the answer, but it will take down a lot of people. Russell Brands, you know, if he is investigated and he is found guilty and he has been up to no good, How are some of these social commentators and some of these TV presenters? I mean this game over mate.  No, my I mean my on both, on both Tate and Brand my huge issue is when individuals are as narcissistic as that, whenever it is purely, and we've both met all great people over the last three years in all of this. And to meet people who are high profile, but also humble, and it's not about them, but it's about the issue. You really warm to that, but then you look at the Brands and Tates of this world, I think that level of narcissism just really turns me off. Yeah, it's, you know, for me, I'm always looking forward. So it's like, how can we make this world a better place? And, you know, I look at, like you've said, some people we've met during this time, people like Dr. Cartland, people that have lost everything and spoken out the whole time is incredible. And, you know, if my, like my daughter was poorly the other day and I was flying solo, so I just get proper paranoid. She was all like, she'd got a real temperature and I was just like,  so I just messaged Dr. Cartland, I sent him a video of her while she was sleeping, with her breathing and stuff like that. He's messaging me back, he's checking up the next morning, how is she, you know. So I mean, it's just like, these are genuine people. And then, and then the ones that are promoted, like you say, yeah, like, oh, here I am with my, you know, Bugatti. I don't give a shit, mate. Give a shit. What are you on about? It's just, that's not what this is about. You know, it's, it's, it's, it's, it's extraordinary. And, you know, both of them are quite guilty of having this whole sort of word salad nonsense as well, where they would just chat away word salad that had a few long words in it so it makes them sound intelligent. But actually half the time they're not saying anything and half the time they're only saying things that people that get banned from 26 countries were saying years and years years and years ago. There's nothing new there, you know, it's and what makes me laugh a little bit, I have to say, is that, you know, Brand will be put on the mainstream media brand will be, will be pushed and, you know, how many million on this network and how many million on this social platform. Because he's a socially approved freedom fighter, but then they won't touch my dad, because it's too dangerous. You can't touch an Icke, it'll backfire on you if you touch an Icke. And it's like, or that's not how it ended up there, is it? That's not how it ended up. Do you know what I mean? So it's like, people will speak out on behalf of Brand because it's the safe thing to do. I'm not sure it is really. I'm not sure it is at all. No, when someone gets a free pass on social media, you always wonder. I wonder looking at YouTube, but those who don't have strikes, who can say what they like, and I'm thinking, I'm sure they said exactly what I was saying, and yet I got hit. And that protected status makes you wonder where they've come from and why they're there. Well, exactly. Yeah. I mean, you know, there's uproar, like you say that he's been demonetized from by YouTube and you think, but you know, if my dad even has a video that someone interviews him and they put on YouTube, they delete it straight away. To the point where when people want to get my dad on YouTube, anonymous have done it a couple of times where they've featured him, they will they will edit his voice, they make it sound really deep, and they doctor the voice so it gets past the algorithm. So on one hand, you've got someone who's got algorithms of their voice set up so that they can't even say a bloody word on YouTube. And then on the other hand, you've got someone that you've just demonetized. And it's kind of, you know, I don't agree with either of those things, but the fact that some are very happy to put their careers on the line to stick up for one, but don't say a word on the other, I find quite odd. Oh yeah, 100%. Can I go back and look at the legal side, which we started on, and that's, used in regards to the freedom of social media and battles happening between what people can and cannot say and what restrictions there are. But how have you seen, we've seen the battles on COVID restrictions, on fines and lockdowns, and those have, I don't see them as been massively successful through the courts. You've obviously watched over the last year with your father going through the court system there. How have you seen that? Because again, the court, you have to have a way of pushing back against that level of government tyranny. Have the courts worked in that regard as you've seen or not at all?  Not really, not from what I've seen. I've seen the odd victory here and there on an individual level maybe in terms of a job reinstatement or, suing an employer for wrongful dismissal or something like that but on the largest scale, you know, these people own the courts. Like I said, the ruling on my dad, the judge doesn't even look up. If you took her out to a wine bar and you went out the back to a private room and just said, look, no one can hear what you're saying in here, she would almost certainly be like, yeah, I think it's nonsense, outrageous. Yeah, but that's not what you ruled. That's not what you ruled, and that's not what the one ruled before when they were trying to say that he was a terrorist and all this sort of stuff. If you get these people on their own, then they would probably go, yeah, I don't agree with it, but it's more than my job's worth. And that's what a lot of these people are like. They just don't realize that actually this is coming for them in the end. It's coming for their kids and their grandkids as well. And it's so massively short-sighted, which is why I find people like Dr Cartland so great because they are, they are willing to sacrifice themselves for the cause, whereas others aren't. And unfortunately, these are people in positions that actually could make a difference. If you could have a judge that could rule and have a real landmark ruling for freedom, then that could send ripples, but no one seems to have the courage to do it. Were you given any access? I think part of my concern also is that decisions are made behind closed doors or access is not given to the rulings, to the conversations, how they came up with that. You've got like a final, this is it. You're not allowed to say that. You're not allowed to travel here. You're not allowed to be on that platform. And you don't actually know, if you don't know how the person has got there, there is no way to reason or push back. How was it in this case, in the Netherlands?  Oh, exactly the same, mate. Basically, my dad was in the office. He was like, right, I've got to go in now and I'll get the ruling. He knew what the ruling would be. Everyone sat in the office, knew what the ruling would be. It's obvious, you know. Um, so he literally just went in there, sat in the office, got told by the judge what the ruling was, and then within 10 minutes walked out of the office again. There's no involvement in any way of where that decision making has come from. You know, you've, it's stupid really, because you've had to wait 10 weeks for someone to tell you what you already knew they were going to say. They could have just sent you a WhatsApp voice note saying, yeah, you're not coming in son. Save my time.  Or drop you an email.  Yeah. Yeah. From the Dutch. But that's the thing, isn't it? We knew what the answer would be. There's no involvement on that decision-making process, but there never is. You think about COVID, Johnson would just come out and stand at that podium at 5 PM and tell you what the situation was going to be. There was never any, input. There was never a referendum on any restriction. No one got a say in anything. We're just listening to the experts, those ones with hundreds of thousands of shares in pharmaceutical companies, those experts, I saw this, actually, this is GB news, right? Because I know what we're saying earlier about GB news being alternative, right? So GB news put an article out about how an expert was saying that this, that this COVID strain was going to do x, y, and z. And this was going to be worse than whatever, and millions more would die. I don't know who the other millions are before, but apparently millions more are gonna die. And it says it in the headline, expert. So I'm like, right, okay, well, I'm gonna look who the expert is. So I had a look at the expert, expert was, it's a financial consultant that was part of procuring the first round of vaccines. Wow. So it's a businesswoman.  But it said COVID expert. I don't even know what that means. I mean, surely me and you are COVID experts after three years of this nonsense, but it's just funny, isn't it? Because people don't read the small print. They don't. People just see headlines and they know that. They know that's why they do it. So you put that in the headline. The amount of times you see a headline, you go, oh my God, you read the story, which most people don't and you go, well, that's not what they said at all. That's not, that's not even what the story is, but people read headlines. That's what they do. And there was a on, on GB news. One thing was stuck with me when the Brand situation came out and he had talked about online safety bill as a reason why he was being restricted and banned and GB news said, well, he is, you said the online safety bill was become law, which is not true. No, it more or less. I mean, what, what is King Charles not going to stamp it? It's passed. It is what going to become, but they were putting that doubt in people's mind. And again, I thought, no, that is, that, that is misinformation. That is saying something which isn't true just to discredit someone. And I thought journalists are supposed to delve a little bit deeper, but no.  No, they don't. They don't. And the thing is with, I always think with alternative organisation or so-called alternative, The litmus test really, on a personal level, is whether they'll touch a member of our family or not. Cause it's, it's the most offensive four letter word in the world at the moment, our surname. Right. So I got asked to go on to, I think you were there when I got asked, I think it might've been when we were in Gibraltar, I got asked to go onto GB news and I laughed and I laughed. I went right. Yeah. Okay. I'll talk to anyone, me. So I was like, right. Okay. Let's, I'm gonna tell you what's gonna happen, right? What they're gonna do is they're gonna start advertising it. And then I'll get a message saying, I'm sorry. We double booked you. That's what I think is going to happen. So, it was Jen that I was talking to, she was like, well, maybe, but we'll go for it anyway. I was like, all right, fine. So I was out walking with my mate, we walked from Chesterfield to Sheffield, which anyone that knows England, that's quite a stomp, right? About 20 miles.  On one of your crazy walks.  On one of my crazy walks. Yeah. So so me and my mate are stomping along. Now I'm supposed to be in London the next morning to go and do this GB news thing. I knew it wasn't happening. So I've got a hotel in Sheffield for the night before, right? Worst case scenario, if I'd have got up in the morning, and it was still on, I would have just hopped on on the train straight down, bosh and I'd have done it, it'd have been fine. But I wasn't gonna put myself out. I wasn't gonna get a hotel there the night before or anything like that, because I knew, whatever. So then I got a message saying, oh, can you plug it? Because they're gonna plug the interview now. I went, all right, mate, yeah, no worries. So I put it on my social media, right? I sat down, this was at Rother Valley Country Park, it's about 50%, about 50% of the walk through. There's a nice country pub there. Do a good pizza and a pint, right? So me and my mate sat there. The time it took me to tuck into a pizza, which anyone that knows me, ain't long, right? Bosh, I already had a message, right? Oh, there isn't a show this week actually, there's made a mistake. I went, all right, so I was gonna go for the double book, but okay, isn't the show this week? That's slightly left field, but either way I've been cancelled, right? About 10 minutes after it's been announced. And then weirdly enough on the next day, there was a show, there was a show, weirdly enough, just didn't have me on it, right? And I just thought then, do you know what I mean? I'm not, I don't say anything offensive. I'm not going to come on telly and effing Jeff and, And, you know. Anything else, you know, but what's happened is you've announced that it's on and you've got a phone call pretty quickly. Because of the surname, you're not having it, you know. Yet you have these other people that are apparently going to change the world, they can get their faces on every TV screen and they can get a microphone in front of their face whenever they want.   No, but actually the flip side of that is, that's why we do generally pre-records. We do the Saturday evening live and it's with guests. We kind of have on semi-regularly, but other guests, because you put out that you're doing a live and then they phone up and say, oh, I've had all these complaints or I'm being attacked or I'm really sorry. I can't do it. And generally, if that happens, the guest you're going to have on is surprised at the vitriol they've got from some hope not hate somewhere. And they don't want to get the shit. I get that. I don't want to give them that either, but that's why it's often, you're probably the same doing pre records. Cause then it's in the bag and it will go out. Well, we, yeah. I mean, early in doing the show here, I would do, you know, a little video a couple of days before, you know, on the show this week, we've got Joe blogs, we've got X, Y, Z, X.Y, you know, any questions you want to ask them, you know, whatever, that kind of thing to get a bit of sort of audience participation. And then that happened to us a lot, the same thing. These people are just get attacked and whatever, and then you'd soon have a cancellation email. So we're the same mate. We interview people, we do the show, it's all done. And then we'll do a promo and put that out publicly once it's all in the bag. Cause yeah, you're right. You know, we've had people before involved in politics, people that are involved with the NHS. That have cancelled on us because they've got ear 'ole grief, you know, which is extraordinary, really. I think it would happen less so now, but in the early days of the Rona, when everyone was petrified to say boo to a goose, that it happened all the time, mate, all the time. There were, you know, it was funny, because once where I ended up interviewing Rich Willett, right, who's a mate, but he was actually doing, you know, he was releasing a documentary. So it was a decent enough interview to talk about a documentary, about the freedom of speech and about the war of the words and how the media was, you know, controlling the narrative. So it was, it was a cool interview. And I always like to talk to Rich anyway, but I got like some grief online. I will be, people are subscribing to see you talk to your mate. And I'm thinking, well, one, it's an interesting interview, but two, there was about three other guests that all bottled it. And so in the end, you're sat here and you go, right, so. We either don't have a show or we do something different, which is what we did. People, particularly in the early days, wouldn't have a clue of the amount of times I was sat at the desk behind me with my head in my hands because we lost another guest for that reason. I'm surprised how much people want an easy life. I still am because I thought I was compliant to an extent and then I've realized I don't really give a shit and enjoy that fight, enjoy that pushback. If someone says you can't do this, I'll say I'm going to do it. I'm surprised that most other people are really, they just, they just fit in and that spark, that fight, maybe it's just been battered out of them over the years. A little bit. I mean, I guess, yeah, a little bit, it's been battered out of people where people are just kind of, you know, weary of the battle really and done with it. But on, the other hand, I think it can go the other way. Like, so for me, I took loads of shite as a kid, which wasn't very pleasant in the media and all that kind of stuff. And some people could then, you know, call themselves, you know, where is the result of all that nonsense and want to quite always want to be no, I just want to be me. I want to be no, I just want to be known as me rather than someone else's son. Do you know what I mean? And I get that. I've felt like that, you know, can I just be myself, please? And, you know, even now I still get stuff going on, you know, your, your dad's is like one guy commentated, you know, he was on one of the what's up podcast clips. I mean, rich, just having a laugh. It's a joke. It's a comedy podcast. And we put this, this clip out and this guy replied saying, you know, your dad was a genius. He's doing this and that. And you're just acting like an effing idiot. And it's like, yeah, it's almost like I'm not him, isn't it? So it's almost like I'm not him.  You're a person.  Yeah. Imagine that. But I, but I look at that now, that time as a kid and how brutal that was. And I think that was, that was my basic training. So actually the idea of what people think the idea and the fact that I spent time in a wheelchair as a kid as well, obviously getting all the grief that you'd get for that, that kind of knocked out of you as well. It knocked out that, giving a monkeys what people think. Do you know what I mean? People say, I've got a problem with you, and you go, okay, I haven't. Good luck. You're the one with the problem then. You've just said you've got a problem with me. Yes, that's right. You've got a problem. I'll see you later. Yeah, leave it with them. Can I just, final thought, can I just ask you about the legal side? Where does it go? The difficulty I guess we all have is which legal avenues will do something which is against what the government are telling them to do. So that must restrict, because people say, you know, if you have a legal battle and you fail, then you can go to the next level, the next level. Kind of, what are your thoughts when something happens like your dad on that restriction? Do you just have to then accept it or what? That's a good question. The minute I don't know, I mean, you can just appeal again and again and again, but you, smacking the mic over, but you know what's coming back. It's just another judge with the same, not making eye contact thing, you know, I mean, sure, you know, you could go, people go, you need to go to the court of human rights, you can go to this and go to that. And you look at them thinking, really, you don't think they're owned? Like, no, there's no independent body within any of these organizations. So, you know, because the, these cult so called elites are so weak, really, and so paranoid that they have to own all 22 players and the referee just to make sure they can win the game because they know they can't win it otherwise. I think the trick in the end will be basically stepping away from the game, stepping out of the stadium and actually having no part of it, which is how I am politically. You know, people say, oh, you don't vote. You've got no right to say anything. Yeah, I have. I have. I've got a choice between AIDS and cancer. Why would I do that? And so there are more and more people that can say no to it and just step away from all of these organisations. Oh, you've got to do that, that's how it's done. Is it? Does it have to be? Does it have to be how it's done? And if there's enough people, again, this is the thing, Peter, that comes down to it's numbers game all the time, isn't it? You know, March, 2020, you're locking down. No, you're not. No, you're not. If enough people said that, it was over before it even started. But unfortunately people let the wolf in the front door and then they cry when the wolf's going through their mom's wardrobe. Well, of course they are. You let them in the door, what did you expect was gonna happen? And that's the thing, isn't it? It's a case of drawing a line and say, no, not doing it. You know, and if you're going to bring in gender theory and critical race theory and all this bullshit in the school, you fill your boots, mate, but I'm taking my kids out. And then you see how many academies survive when there's 14 kids in a school year because everyone else has taken them out. And that's what has to happen. You know, people, there's that whole thing, isn't it? Oh yeah, we're going to lose cash. Do you use cash? No? Okay. And everyone has that point. There's things I buy sometimes that I can't afford. I don't have the cash and I might have to put it on a credit card. So I'm not going to be one of those people pontificating. But at the same time, if you can use cash and you've got the cash in the bank, take it out and use it. Or don't complain that it's being taken away. These are the things that we can do. You look at even with Rumble, you go, right, who's pulled support from Rumble? Okay, ASOS, right, well, I don't buy ASOS clothes anymore then. Burger King, nope, don't eat Burger King anymore. You know, I don't eat Burger King anyway, but that's where people can make a difference, you know, because I would occasionally, because I refuse Starbucks, one, because they're a horrendous organization, two, because the coffee's shit and bitter, so I'm not a fan of it. But I would have a Costa fairly regularly, every other day, probably. I've not had one since they're promoting double mastectomies. And so, you know, someone might watch this and go, oh, I bet they're well terrified that they're not getting their 12 pound a week off you. Maybe not, but if there's 100,000 like me, they might be a little bit terrified. And that's the point, isn't it? And that's what we need to do. We need to, because I'm not all for cancel culture at all. You're free to sell your coffee, I just won't buy it. And that's what I think people need to do. Because they're using this way of to try and destroy us and to try and destroy Rumble and anyone else that's on Rumble. At the end of the day, Russell Brand is just the face of it. But if Rumble goes down, ain't Russell Brand that's getting taken down. It's everyone on there. So it's much bigger than him. Um, and all these things are much bigger than him and much bigger than Tate and all these names that were given, like I say, these, you know, beware of false prophets and all that. But I think that's where we can make a stand. We can avoid using these organizations and avoid giving them our money. You know, why would you give money to people that have absolute contempt for you? 100%. And that's a perfect ending to finish on something we can do, because often we feel powerless or individuals can feel, but actually we all have economic power and power to choose where we go, who we shop with, who we connect with.  So yeah, absolutely. Yeah. We have the power to either go along with stuff or not as well, because, you know, even with masks and and all that stuff that they're going to try and bring back. Just don't go along with it. Yeah, I wasn't. I was walking into shops and I wasn't wearing them. I never wore one in a shop. I was going into pubs, you know, when they were making you stand up and put one on if you need the toilet. I never did any of that. And guess what? Nothing happened. You can just say no. Yes. Gareth, I appreciate it's always good to chat to you. Thank you so much for coming on and sharing not only the restrictions on the social media side, but what's been happening with your dad and his travel restrictions and that court ruling. So thanks so much for joining us today. That's a pleasure, mate. I did say to my dad as well, when they lift the ban, we're all going to chip in to take him on a Viking river cruise. So that's going to save me a few quid now that they've not left it. That sounds a great live stream, a Viking river cruise. Thanks so much, Gareth. Cheers, mate. Take care. Bye, mate.

To purchase a copy of 'Water's Gleaming Gold' with an exclusive Broken Oars Listener discount, please go to:    https://www.troubador.co.uk/bookshop/biography/waters-gleaming-gold-hb and quote " BROKENOARS " at the checkout page. This discount code will allow you to buy the book at a 15% discount - and enjoy one of the great rowing stories!    -----   Enjoyed this episode?   Buy us a coffee, download a training plan, and support us so we can carry on making Broken Oars Podcast, the best rowing podcast in the world.   https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brokenoarsd   Thank You!   -----   The world's greatest rowing podcast returns - and it couldn't be more timely.   As some of us head back to school (quite literally) and all of us head back to the water at the start of the new rowing season we are joined by Dr. Michael Cannon to talk about the impact on rowers, rowing and rowing clubs of balancing resources against ambitions.   (Right at the start of the season?   When every club in the land is setting its season goals and agenda?   Thank you, Broken Oars and Dr. Cannon! You're the best.   Yes.   Yes, we are).   Beginning rowing while at The University of Durham, Dr. Cannon went on to row, coach, and captain, helping out at college and university level before going on to teach and coach at schools level before moving on to row at and for Staines, Eton Excelsior, Maidenhead and Vesta.   One of nature's natural organisers and administrators, Michael's journey through the sport has taken in the side of the sport without which we wouldn't have a sport: the running and administering and organising of clubs, squads, boats, fleets, heads and regattas.   And while this all might sound about as fun as watching paint dry, not only wouldn't we have a sport without the Dr. Cannons of this world, but it (and a quick look at the books on offer at Companies House) raised the question:   What happens when clubs start raising their ambition levels above the levels of their resources? (Or to put it more bluntly, what is UK rowing's current obsession with making Henley Royal Regatta costing clubs?) We talk about the costs of running and maintaining clubs, membership levels and running a fleet. We discuss the perception of what a 'club' is supposed to provide and offer to its members, talk about how some clubs have gamed that and the current system to provide 'successful' programmes, look at what 'success' might mean, and what that means for the UK-wide representation within the sport. And we look at the impact of 'professionalism' on a volunteer-run and led sport, before addressing the realities of member turnover in metropolitan areas, and how cost-of-living / housing / work changes over time has impacted the sport as a whole.   Yeah.   We are the original and best.   But that's because our guests are.   Get some!   Bow Four! Provide a sunk-cost analysis by the end of this piece, or swim home.   -----   Enjoyed this episode?   Buy us a coffee, download a training plan, and support us so we can carry on making Broken Oars Podcast, the best rowing podcast in the world.   https://www.buymeacoffee.com/brokenoarsd   Thank You!   Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/brokenoarspodc1   Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/thelandingstage/                                           www.instagram.com/brokenoarsindoors/   Read more Broken Oars: www.thelandingstage.net

Episode 479: Sam Parr (https://twitter.com/theSamParr) answers listener questions in this special Q&A episode. Learn how he researches & validates business ideas, what his hiring process looks like, how he's managed to build huge, passionate communities, and much more. Want to see more MFM? Subscribe to the MFM YouTube channel here. Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton • Ideation Bootcamp • Copy That Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Try Shepherd • Shaan's Personal Assistant System • Power Writing Course • Daily Newsletter • Small Boy Newsletter — Show Notes: (00:00) Intro (00:40) How Sam Researches Business Ideas (9:45) Sam's Health & Fitness Routine (14:55) When to Embrace Shiny Object Syndrome (19:00) How to be Interesting (26:20) Why Loyalty is Everything (28:45) How to Hire (33:30) How to Build Community (37:00) Tips to Start a Productized-service — Links: • Similarweb - https://www.similarweb.com/ • Annual Reports - https://www.annualreports.com/ • Companies House - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house • Central Athlete - https://www.centralathlete.com/ • MyBodyTutor - https://www.mybodytutor.com/daily-coach/ • ViralCuts - https://www.viralcuts.co/ • Do you love MFM and want to see Sam and Shaan's smiling faces? Subscribe to our Youtube channel. — Past guests on My First Million include Rob Dyrdek, Hasan Minhaj, Balaji Srinivasan, Jake Paul, Dr. Andrew Huberman, Gary Vee, Lance Armstrong, Sophia Amoruso, Ariel Helwani, Ramit Sethi, Stanley Druckenmiller, Peter Diamandis, Dharmesh Shah, Brian Halligan, Marc Lore, Jason Calacanis, Andrew Wilkinson, Julian Shapiro, Kat Cole, Codie Sanchez, Nader Al-Naji, Steph Smith, Trung Phan, Nick Huber, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Askren, Ramon Van Meer, Brianne Kimmel, Andrew Gazdecki, Scott Belsky, Moiz Ali, Dan Held, Elaine Zelby, Michael Saylor, Ryan Begelman, Jack Butcher, Reed Duchscher, Tai Lopez, Harley Finkelstein, Alexa von Tobel, Noah Kagan, Nick Bare, Greg Isenberg, James Altucher, Randy Hetrick and more. — Other episodes you might enjoy: • #224 Rob Dyrdek - How Tracking Every Second of His Life Took Rob Drydek from 0 to $405M in Exits • #209 Gary Vaynerchuk - Why NFTS Are the Future • #178 Balaji Srinivasan - Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Cities & Crypto • #169 - How One Man Started 5, Billion Dollar Companies, Dan Gilbert's Empire, & Talking With Warren Buffett • ​​​​#218 - Why You Should Take a Think Week Like Bill Gates • Dave Portnoy vs The World, Extreme Body Monitoring, The Future of Apparel Retail, "How Much is Anthony Pompliano Worth?", and More • How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, and More

I welcome Kieran Maguire from the excellent The Price of Football podcast on to the show this week to have a look at Chesterfield FC's recently published accounts for the year ending 30 June 2022. Kieran cast an objective eye over some of the figures in the accounts whilst also picking up on some of the key trends in football finance today. You can see the accounts on Companies House by visiting Companies House, searching for CFC 2002 Ltd and visiting the Filing History section. A big thanks to Kieran for spending some time on the podcast. You can find The Price of Football podcast on all of your usual podcast platforms.

A Bloomberg scoop: the government suspects Russians are using shell companies set up in the UK to launder money made from the war in Ukraine. We hear from reporters Alex Wickham and Alberto Nardelli. Former Conservative minister Lord Theodore Agnew, who resigned over the government's "woeful" oversight of fraud, tells Bloomberg's Caroline Hepker and Yuan Potts that Companies House has been astonishingly lax. He hopes his amendments to the economic crime bill will make a difference. Plus, Lizzy Burden and Lionel Laurent join us from Paris to discuss the Sunak-Macron summit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jonny Drury and Lewis Cox bring you the latest Baggies Broadcast - sponsored by the Kettle & Toaster Man. The boys look at the win over Reading and the fruitful festive period that has delivered maximum points. They launch a new 'Alternative Baggies' section, pick the bones from Monday, talk loans, Companies House, land, assets and finances. They also look ahead to the FA Cup trip to non-league Chesterfield and answer your questions. Want to have your say? Follow us on Twitter at @AlbionPoddy and do us a solid by submitting a review on your listening platform! Title Track: 'King Cyrille' by The King Dukes. (M.Griffiths) This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

What matters most - ideas or execution? Sam Parr (Founder of The Hustle and Host of My First Million) sits down with Kipp and Kieran on how to become an idea generation machine - figuring out if your idea is worth millions, unraveling the fear behind the insecurity of taking risks, how to execute on your ideas, the power of simplifying things, and behind the scenes look at how Sam studies business models to create his own ideas. About Sam Parr He is the founder of The Hustle (acquired by HubSpot in 2021) and founder and co-host of My First Million podcast. Links Sam's Twitter https://twitter.com/thesamparr  Sam's Podcast https://www.mfmpod.com/  Companies House https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house  Compare Tech https://www.compare-tech.com/  Similar Web https://www.similarweb.com/  Crunchy Roll https://www.crunchyroll.com/  Tech Target https://www.techtarget.com/  Web Archive https://web.archive.org/  Facebook Ad Archive https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/  Moat https://www.moat.com/  SEMrush https://www.semrush.com/  Jungle Scout https://www.junglescout.com/  Glassdoor https://www.glassdoor.com/index.htm  Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/  If you like this episode, check out our episode on how curiosity can make you a billionaire https://link.chtbl.com/YhAjKg0j  We're on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@matgpod  Thank you for tuning into Marketing Against The Grain! Don't forget to hit subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts (so you never miss an episode)! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/marketing-against-the-grain/id1616700934   If you love this show, please leave us a 5-Star Review https://link.chtbl.com/h9_sjBKH and share your favorite episodes with friends. We really appreciate your support. Host Links: Kipp Bodnar, https://twitter.com/kippbodnar   Kieran Flanagan, https://twitter.com/searchbrat  ‘Marketing Against The Grain' is a HubSpot Original Podcast // Brought to you by The HubSpot Podcast Network // Produced by Darren Clarke.

This episode examines the UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, now before the House of Commons. The legislation is the second part of the government's economic crime plan, announced under the then Cameron government, and which was given fresh impetus by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and a determination to crack down on dirty and kleptocratic money in London. In this episode of Compliance Clarified, Alexander Robson, global managing editor, Regulatory Intelligence, is joined by Helen Parry, senior regulatory intelligence expert, and Rachel Wolcott, senior reporter. They assess the implications of the bill for anti-money laundering professionals, the powers of the National Crime Agency, the Serious Fraud Office, and the crucial role of Companies House, the UK corporate registry, in identify verification. Links to content referenced in the discussion: Timetable: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3339 Committee information https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/618/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-bill-programming-sub-committee/ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-bill-2022-factsheets https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-bill-2022-impact-assessments?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications-topic&utm_source=94c70d27-d4bd-43b9-847d-949d0a95fc18&utm_content=immediately Parliament TV for October 25. Committee https://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/c77273cd-ad46-44e9-b51c-acd0220411b6 Regulatory Intelligence links (subscription needed) COLUMN: Money laundering, enhanced due diligence and high-risk countries — increasingly demanding compliance requirements http://go-ri.tr.com/TGQm4w COLUMN: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill – a new fishing licence for the National Crime Agency? http://go-ri.tr.com/0gjw3S COLUMN: Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill – thresholds, ring fencing and defence against money laundering SARs http://go-ri.tr.com/VZsc3b The "Compliance Clarified" podcast series covers the wide range of topics which affect compliance officers in financial services firms. The series has been designed to help compliance officers make sense of the often-challenging world of financial services regulation, which is now overlaid with expectations not found in the black and white of any rulebook. The role and remit of the compliance officer is ever-growing, and senior compliance officers have had to become polymaths, mastering not only detailed subject matter expertise but also the qualitative mysteries of culture and conduct risk. Compliance Clarified covers the hot topics of the day and the challenges they bring, and aims to offer up practical ideas for emerging good practice.

Danny Kelly is joined by Jack Pitt-Brooke and James Maw to discuss the comfortable(ish) 2-0 victory over Everton, a game in which Harry Kane made his 400th appearance and continued Spurs' best-ever start to a Premier League season. We head to Old Trafford this midweek with the opportunity to close the gap at the top of the table. But when it comes to our title challenge this season, are you a Højbjerliever, or are you just Bentancurious?Elsewhere, we continue our observations on the early 2000s indy bangers that are, curiously, dominating the pre-game music at the stadium. Plus, we ponder the return of Nuno to Wolves; indulge in a spot on loanee watch; and ask what's going on behind the scenes as new documents are filed by Enic at Companies House.  Produced by Adonis Pratsides Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Danny Kelly is joined by Jack Pitt-Brooke and James Maw to discuss the comfortable(ish) 2-0 victory over Everton, a game in which Harry Kane made his 400th appearance and continued Spurs' best-ever start to a Premier League season. We head to Old Trafford this midweek with the opportunity to close the gap at the top of the table. But when it comes to our title challenge this season, are you a Højbjerliever, or are you just Bentancurious? Elsewhere, we continue our observations on the early 2000s indy bangers that are, curiously, dominating the pre-game music at the stadium. Plus, we ponder the return of Nuno to Wolves; indulge in a spot on loanee watch; and ask what's going on behind the scenes as new documents are filed by Enic at Companies House.   Produced by Adonis Pratsides Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode Taxcast host Naomi Fowler investigates the phenomenon of pop-up sweet shops on Oxford Street and the missing millions in taxes owed. The trail leads to the disgrace that is the UK's company registration process, making the UK Crime Central for any crook who comes along. It's not just the UK that exposes its citizens to risks, it hurts people across the world too. Transcript of the show is available here: https://taxjustice.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/The-Taxcast-Transcript-July-2022.pdf  Taxcast website with more Taxcasts: https://www.thetaxcast.com  "It is ridiculous that you have to take more identification to get a library card to borrow a book than you do to create a limited liability company, which potentially is a cost to the taxpayer if you go bust, it is bonkers and it should stop" Graham Barrow of The Dark Money Files podcast. "I came across a situation where for tax avoidance reasons, thousands of companies were being set up at the same time, with the same individual as the director. And in some cases there was 2000 companies being set up in the same day with the same individual as a director, and it wasn't raising any flag. You hear it all the time, you know, 'oh well, we'll learn the lessons,' but we never really seem to learn the lessons. The next scandal is a variation on a theme of the previous scandal.” ~ former tax inspector Ray McCann "How did the UK end up at the centre of so many crimes? It's incredibly easy - go online, go onto the Companies House website - that's our company registry - pay 12 pounds and you too can have a shell company. I registered one myself - it took me less than 24 hours to receive the deeds showing I owned the company. I called it Crooked Crook Crook which I thought was pretty funny, but it turned out that actually I was being fairly unimaginative by the standards of international criminals." ~ journalist and anti-corruption campaigner, Oliver Bullough Further reading and information here: BBC coverage of pop-up sweet shops on Oxford Street https://youtu.be/yXeXw91_H0k  Time to Return Integrity to the UK Corporate Registry. Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies video featuring Oliver Bullough https://youtu.be/LHTmRPtMXs8  The Dark Money Files podcast https://t.co/ktKHci06dK  German company registration process (for the purposes of comparison) https://www.lawyersgermany.com/company-registration-in-germany

When you've found a business you want to acquire, how do you get in touch with the owner to get the ball rolling?   In this week's snackable episode, host Roland Frasier shares 10 simple ways to contact the owner of a business you're interested in buying. Whether you want to acquire it outright or cut a deal for consulting for equity or do a strategic alliance or a joint venture, you have to get to the decision maker. You need to talk to the owner. And to talk to them, you need to find them. Good news: the odds are in your favor. If one or two of these tips don't work out, you've got eight more options. Be sure to check out all the links at the end.   Listen in for some quick and brilliant solutions to getting access to the owner of a company you want to buy.   #1: Look up the number of the company and call.  This is the most obvious and easiest way. If you have a company already identified, then just look up the phone number, call them, and say to the person who answers the phone. “Who is the owner of this company? May I speak to her or him?” No research necessary.   #2: Go to https://www.secstates.com/ (secstates.com).   This website is basically a collection of the U.S. Secretaries of State for each of the 50 states. That's the government office where you file to form a corporation. Click on the Secretary of State site for your state. Type in the name of the company you're trying to find out the information for. This is updated every year, and the filing also includes the address. That's a really good way to get the home address of a director. Sending an actual physical letter can be really effective.    #3: In the UK, you can go to https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/companies-house (Companies House).   There are similar agencies in the Canadian provinces and Australia as well. You're basically just going to where the company is formed and looking up the official government filings in respect to it.   #4: Check out http://zoominfo.com/ (zoominfo.com).   Zoom Info has a lot of information on companies all over the world.   #5: Just go to the company's website.   Most business websites have information about the owners on the About Us page. If you can't find it there, try the Contact Us page. Or the Meet Our Team page.     #6: Do a “https://lookup.icann.org/ (Who Is?” lookup).  If you're having a really hard time, you can go do a “Who Is?” lookup or a reverse “Who Is?” lookup to see who is registered as the owner of the URL of the website of the company you're looking at. That information is public.   #7: Look up the Terms of Service.  If you go to the bottom of the website, there's a Terms of Service page. Click on that, and it will very often list the person or company that owns the site. The owner's email might even be there. You can look at the privacy terms as well.   #8: Go to http://dnb.com/ (dnb.com) or http://hoovers.com/ (hoovers.com).   This is a paid service where you can look up companies as well. D&B Hoovers is actually one company, but they each have slightly different databases.    #9: Google the business license.  You can Google the city/state, “business license,” and the name of the company. These searches will typically give you the names of owners. Sometimes it's an attorney. If it is, that person should know how to get in touch with the owner.   #10: Google the occupancy permit.   Google the city/state, “occupancy permit,” and the name of the company. This is just one more way to figure out who the owner is. This will also tell you if there's more than one owner. If you run into a brick wall with the first owner, don't be afraid to try the other one.    Remember: you always want to talk to a decision maker. Just like you always want to talk to the manager...

In this episode we enthusiastically review the new advanced search function recently launched on the Companies House website. We also make a heartfelt plea for other corporate registers to look and learn from the huge potential gains in proactively managing corporate financial crime risk that it facilitates.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/TDMF)